AVG acquires Sana Security

Sana’s technology complements AVGs existing portfolio helping computer users simplify protection against identity theft, removing malicious software.

Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Sana also provides AVG with its first offices in Silicon Valley.

The company would not say how much the acquisition cost claiming the agreement was confidential.

“Sana’s unique behavioural software, combined with AVGs existing security technology, will provide the most comprehensive online identity protection in the industry, delivering continuous real-time protection,” said J.R. Smith, CEO of AVG Technologies.

“At the same time, AVG will continue to maintain low PC resource utilisation for optimal system performance, a critical requirement both for the individual at home and for the business user,” he added.

Sana Security’s personnel, together with its research organisation Sana Labs, will be integrated into the AVG organisation and maintain offices in Silicon Valley.

Sana’s products use behavioural technology to protect users including personal information such as logins, passwords and account information.

Its technology ‘learns’normal application behaviour by observing the way applications interact with each other.

Vulnerabilities in the form of software bugs, user configuration errors, malware infections, and other forms of attack force applications down unexpected code paths.

The behavioural technology recognises this misdirection and eliminates the threats before they can affect the users’ data.